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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

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GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

A Clean Slate – the Bankruptcy Law Blog by Andy Winchell

• Four Ways That Student Loan Debt Is Like a Tattoo

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• Proposed Bill Would Change Role of Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Handling Student Loans Outside of Bankruptcy
• Student Loan Disasters
• The Worst Debt You Can Have: Student Loans: Part I, Part II, and Part III
• What Can I Do about My Student Loans?
• Student Loans: Here’s the Best Way to Pay Them in a Chapter 13 Plan

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Student Loan “Undue Hardship” Must Exist at Time of Filing Bankruptcy Case
• $480,000 Student Loan Debt Disqualifies Applicant From Obtaining License to Practice Law
• More Student Loans, School Expenses Not Discharged in Bankruptcy
• Should You Tap Savings or Borrow for College?
• Student Loans: Paradise for Debt Scavengers
• Will Changes in Student Loan Law Help Me?
• Student Loan Forgiveness, Fact or Fantasy?
• What Is a College Degree Worth to a 45-year-old Woman?

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.***

CreditSlips.org

• Debt-Free: An Unrealistic Expectation
• Student Loans, and the Housing Crisis
• What the Foreclosure Mess Tells Us about Private Student Loan Dischargeability

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Fed Proposes New Amendments to Regulation Z

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

• NACBA Member Adrian Lapas testified before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law

WISCONSIN

Law Office of Gregory A. Holbus, Esq. – Wisconsin Bankruptcy Blog (Green Bay, WI)

• How Can I Improve My Budget to Avoid Bankruptcy Again in the Future?

Bankruptcy Law Offices of Richard A. Check, Esq. (Milwaukee, WI)

• Supreme Court Okays Bankruptcy Discharge of Student Loans
• Supremes Consider Bankruptcy Changes

Jamie Miller, Esq. (Miller & Miller, LLC) – Milwaukee Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Milwaukee, WI)

• Can I Discharge My Student Loans in Bankruptcy?
• Should I Choose Bankruptcy or Debt Consolidation?

WASHINGTON

Linda Rantz (Paralegal) – Due Diligence (Seattle, WA)

• Considerations about Student Loan Debts in a Bankruptcy Case
• Calculating Student Loan Payments in a Chapter 13 Plan

Spencer Anderson Buhr PLLC – Seattle Bankruptcy Blog (Seattle, WA)

• Legal Job Market Tightens

TEXAS

Reed Allmand, Esq. (Allmand & Lee) – Reed’s Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX)

• A Supreme Court Victory for Student Loan Debtors
• Three Things You Need to Know about Bankruptcy and Student Loans
• The State of the Union: Student Loans an Bankruptcy
• Are There Other Ways to Discharge My Student Loan Besides Bankruptcy? Part I and Part II

Fears & Nachawati – Texas Bankruptcy Blog (Austin, Houston and San Antonio, TX)

• Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Can Student Loans Be Discharged in Bankruptcy?

J. Brian Allen – Northeast Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer (Sulphur Springs, TX)

• Sulpher Springs Lady Discharges Nearly $7,000 in Sallie Mae & TERI/NCT Student Loans in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Adversary Proceeding

Steven Sathers, Esq. – A Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog (Austin, TX)

• Espinosa Oral Argument Provides Glimpse into World of Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Decides One Case and Hints at Result in Another

RHODE ISLAND

David Hathaway, Esq. – Rhode Island Bankruptcy Information Center (Warwick, RI)

• What Kinds of Debt Can Bankruptcy Eliminate?

OREGON

Baxter & Baxter, LLP – About Bankruptcy in Portland, OR (Portland, OR)

• Supreme Court Case Doesn’t Open the Floodgates to Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy

Kent Anderson Law – Oregon Debt Relief Weblawg and Debt Law Network (Eugene, OR)

• How Not to Deal with the Private Student Loan Problem

OKLAHOMA

Law Office of Daniel C. Nunley, Esq. – Oklahoma Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Broken Arrow, OK)

• U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument Regarding Student Loan Discharge
• Will I Be Able to Get a Student Loan If I File for Bankruptcy?
• Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and Student Loans in Oklahoma
• Student Loans and Bankruptcy in Oklahoma

NEW YORK

Bruce Weiner, Esq. (Rosenberg Musso & Weiner) – NYBankruptcyNet (Brooklyn, NY)

• Are Any Debts Non-Dischargeable in a Bankruptcy Case in New York?
• Will Congress Soon Let New Yorkers Discharge Their Student Loans in Bankruptcy?

Craig D. Robins, Esq. – Long Island Bankruptcy Blog (Woodbury, NY)

• Can Debtors Deduct College Expenses of Their Children on the Means Test?
• Five Scenarios Where Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Is Not the Best Solution to Debt Problems
• Student Loans in Bankruptcy

Daniel Gershberg, Esq., P.C. (Newark, NJ and Brooklyn, NY)

David S. Hamilton (Dwyer & Associates) (New York, NY)

• I Pass the Means Test But Still Can’t File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Why Not!?
• Can Bankruptcy Prevent Me From Obtaining a Student Loan?
• House of Reps to Discuss Student Loans Bankruptcy
• Considering Going Bankrupt to Get Rid of Student Loans?

Starr & Starr, PLLC – New York Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (New York, NY)

• Student Loan and Bankruptcy in New York

Upstate New York

Alexander Korotkin, Esq. – Rochester Bankruptcy and Debt Relief (Rochester, NY)

• New Student Loan Program and Debt Relief
• Student Loans Guaranteed By Parent and Bankruptcy

NEW JERSEY

Stark & Stark – Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Blog (Lawrenceville, NJ)

• New Jersey’s Investigation of Student Loan Industry’s Dealings with Colleges and Universities

NEVADA

Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)

• Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy

Black & LoBello Law Blog (Las Vegas, NV)

• Rebuilding Your Credit Score after Bankruptcy

MICHIGAN

Kurt O’Keefe, Esq. – Bankruptcy Blog (G.P. Woods, MI)

• Student Loan Problems, Bankruptcy Rarely Helps
• Do I Have To Repay My Student Loans?

Law Offices of John M. Hilla, PLLC – Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyer (Southfield, MI)

• Can My Student Loans Be Discharged in Bankruptcy?

MASSACHUSETTS

Bill McLeod (McLeod Law Offices) – McLeod Law Blog (Boston, MA)

• Two Cents, and Some Concerns about Espinosa
• The US Supreme Court Rules in United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
• Student Loans: The Financial Shackles of Higher Education
• Section 523(a)(8): Reality v. Student Loans

Bacon Wilson P.C. – Bankruptcy Bits (Springfield, Westfield, Northampton, Amherst, MA)

• Beware of Incurring Large Student Loans During Tough Financial Times

Goldstein & Clegg, LLC – Bankruptcy & Loan Modifications (Lynnfield, MA); also ABA Journal Massachusetts Bankruptcy Blog by Michael Goldstein

• 12 Myths about Bankruptcy
• Shouldn’t You Be Able To Discharge Your Student Loans in a Bankruptcy

Nicolas F. Ortiz, Esq. – Massachusetts Bankruptcy and Consumer Law (Boston, MA)

• NCLC Student Loan Resource Page

MARYLAND

Belsky Weinberg & Horowitz – Maryland Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog and Maryland Lawyer Online (Baltimore, Columbia, Greenbelt, Rockville, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, MD)

• What is Schedule F?

MAINE

Molleur Law Office – James Molleur’s Maine Bankruptcy Blog (Biddeford, ME)

• Recent Supreme Court Decisions

KANSAS

Mark Neis & Jill Michaux – Kansas Bankruptcy Law Information – (Topeka, KS)

• Will Bankruptcy Wipe Out All My Debts?

IOWA

Jeff Mathias, Esq. – Iowa Bankruptcy Blog (Des Moines, IA)

• Bankruptcy Cases

INDIANA

Mark S. Zuckerberg, Esq. (Indianapolis, IN)

• Indiana Bankruptcy Attorney Offering Student Loan Debt Help Follows Supreme Court Case

ILLINOIS

David Leibowitz, Esq. (Lakelaw Bankruptcy Center) – LakeBlawg (Chicago, Waukegan, Kenosha, Skokie, Lacrosse, IL)

• Will Bankruptcy Wipe Out My Debts?  Some Debts Are Not Dischargeable.
• Can I Get Rid of My Student Loan in Bankruptcy?
• Can Bankruptcy Help Me with Student Loans?

GEORGIA

Jonathan Ginsberg, Esq. – theBKLaw (Atlanta, GA)

• Student Loan Debts – Bankruptcy Won’t Help Much
• Can Long Term Unemployment Support a Claim for Hardship Discharge of a Student Loan

FLORIDA

Jonathan Alper, Esq. – Florida Bankruptcy Law Blog (Orlando, FL)

• Rebuilding Your Credit Score After Bankruptcy

CALIFORNIA

Northern California

Cathy Moran, Esq. – BankruptcyMastery.com and On the Bankruptcy Soapbox (Mt View, CA) (aka Silicon Valley)

• Bankruptcy Exemptions: 10 Ways to Deal with Excess Cash

Sagaria Law, PC – California Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (San Jose, Freemon, Monterrey, Redwood City, Salinas, Sacramento, CA); also by Scott Sagaria – American Bankruptcy Association (ABA) Journal California Bankruptcy Blog

• Supreme Court Allows Student Loan Discharge
• Bankruptcy and Student Loans
• Debt Relief for Students of Silver State Helicopters

Southern California

Christine Wilton, Esq. – Los Angeles Bankruptcy Law Monitor (Los Angeles, CA)

• U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Student Loan Case
• Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Chapter 7 Basics

Howard Nassiri (Vincent D. Howard, Esq. and Damian J. Nassiri, Esq.) – California Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Anaheim, CA)

• Supreme Court Considers Easing Rules on When Bankruptcy Can Erase Student Loans
• Congress Considers Bankruptcy Law Change to Allow Forgiveness of Private Student Loans
• Westminster Bankruptcy Law Firm Explains Which Debts are Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

Mark J. Markus, Esq. – Los Angeles Bankruptcy Blog:  Current issues, comments, questions and answers in bankruptcy law (Los Angeles, CA)

• Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy: Dischargeable?
• Are Student Loans Counted as Part of Chapter 13 Debt Limits?

ARIZONA

Michael S. Anderson, Esq. – Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Mesa, AZ)

• What Type of Debt is NOT Discharged in an Arizona Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?

ALABAMA

Watts Law Group, P.C. and M. Stan Herring, P.C. – Alabama Consumer Law Blog (Birmingham, AL)

• Many Hope Student Loans Will Become Easier to Discharge
• Bankruptcy and Student Loans

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